‘If the Republican Party wants class warfare, they’ve got it’

The president of one of Washington’s largest unions is vowing “class warfare” in response to the Wisconsin State Senate’s Wednesday vote to strip public workers of nearly all collective bargaining rights.

Now is not the time to get mad, but to get organized. In every state where the handmaidens of the hyper-rich try to strip us of our collective bargaining rights, we will mobilize for recalls, ballot initiatives and political campaigns.

If the Republican Party wants class warfare, they’ve got it. IAM members have watched the hyper-rich destroy their jobs and their communities with their unbridled greed. And the Fighting Machinists have been aching for this fight.

The IAM represents nearly 700,000 active and retired members under more than 5,000 contracts. This includes IAM District 751, which represents 45,000 active, retired and laid-off Boeing workers in Puget Sound and California.

Union activists have scheduled a rally to support Wisconsin workers for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at Westlake Center, 4th Avenue and Pine Street.